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Table 4 Difference in 2008 % privatization and health care expenditures by party elected in 2004 (controlling for incumbency, baseline privatization, HDI, and upper middle-class income)a,b

From: Do elections matter for private-sector healthcare management in Brazil? An analysis of municipal health policy

 

Dental

X-rays

Ultrasounds

Hospital Beds

Outsourcing

Health Expenditures

Party Elected In 2004

 DEM

−0.78

1.81.

2.45.

−0.35

−0.41

−0.94

 

(0.54)

(1.07)

(1.26)

(0.96)

(0.36)

(1.18)

 PDT

−0.17

−0.59

−0.72

0.87

1.38**

2.04

 

(0.69)

(1.43)

(1.82)

(1.34)

(0.53)

(1.72)

 PMDB

−1.31**

−0.13

0.06

1.21

0.02

0.57

 

(0.44)

(0.90)

(1.17)

(0.83)

(0.32)

(1.04)

 PP

−0.86

−2.07.

−2.40

−3.14**

−0.38.

1.89

 

(0.56)

(1.16)

(1.48)

(1.09)

(0.41)

(1.34)

 PPS

−0.24

−0.39

−1.03

−1.62

1.06

−1.48

 

(0.75)

(1.49)

(1.84)

(1.37)

(.56)

(1.84)

 PR

0.12

1.99

0.75

1.61

−0.64

−1.36

 

(0.71)

(1.42)

(1.69)

(1.28)

(0.49)

(1.60)

 PSB

1.06

0.50

1.90

2.08

−0.21·

−0.54

 

(1.19)

(2.31)

(2.52)

(1.73)

(0.70)

(2.31)

 PSDB

0.50

−1.12

−1.22

0.53

−0.27

−1.42

 

(0.48)

(1.00)

(1.18)

(0.91)

(0.35)

(1.13)

 PT

1.00.

2.01

−0.13

0.16

0.39

−1.71

 

(0.61)

(1.23)

(1.49)

(1.15)

(0.46)

(1.52)

 PTB

0.68

−1.93

0.48

−1.34

−0.93*

2.94.

 

(0.66)

(1.36)

(1.65)

(1.28)

(0.47)

(1.54)

F statistic

201.65*

151.47

93.81

176.11.

187.60.

125.74

Num. obs.

3420

2840

1988

2998

4480

4534

  1. a*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, · p < 0.1. Entries are deviations from the mean (standard errors) times 100
  2. bDue to limitations in data availability, 2005 baseline values were used for x-rays, ultrasounds, and hospital beds, 2006 values for dental equipment, and 2004 values for outsourcing and health expenditures